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Classification ........Chelilabia Morón and Nogueira, 1998


Chelilabia piniphaga Morón and Nogueira.
Illustration by Miguel A. Morón.
Distribution of Chelilabia piniphaga.
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Superfamily.....
Family........... Subfamily......
Tribe.............
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Rutelinae
Anomalini
 
Rutelinae Tribes 

Anomalini
Anoplognathini
Geniatini
Rutelini
Spodochlamyiini

 

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Distribution: Central Mexico.

 

Revision or Synopsis: Morón, M. A. and G. Nogueira. 1998. Adiciones y actualizaciones en los Anomalini (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Rutelinae) de la zona de transición mexicana (I). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 103: 15-54.

 

Composition: 1 species.

 

Remarks: members of the species are known to feed on foliage of Pinus species. It's been hypothesized that the emarginate form of the labrum and mentum enabled feeding on pine needles.

   
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